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Treasury and Successors: Ceremonial Branch: Order of the British Empire (BE series):...
Catalogue reference: T 343
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T 343
Records of the Ceremonial Branch relating to the Order of the British Empire and comprising files on amendments to the statutes of the Order. The statutes currently provide for five principal classes within the Order: for each class to comprise a...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- T 343
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Title (The name of the record)
- Treasury and Successors: Ceremonial Branch: Order of the British Empire (BE series): records
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1916-1996
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Ceremonial Branch relating to the Order of the British Empire and comprising files on amendments to the statutes of the Order. The statutes currently provide for five principal classes within the Order: for each class to comprise a military and a civil division; for overall limits to the numbers in each class and division; for foreigners to be appointed in each class as honorary members outwith the numerical limits; for specified past recipients not to be counted within the numerical limits; for the names of those to be appointed to the civil divisions to be submitted by the prime minister of the United Kingdom or of the Commonwealth country concerned; and for those to be appointed to the military divisions to be submitted by the secretary of state for defence of the United Kingdom or the prime minister of the Commonwealth country concerned.
The 1995 statutes provided, following the expressed wish of the prime minister and the state premiers, that Australian citizens would no longer be considered for appointment.
The statutes provide that the Head of the Order shall be the Head of the Home Civil Service.
The 23rd ordinance provides that military and civil medals of the Order shall be awarded to persons who render meritorious service, to be known as the British Empire Medal.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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Material on awards for military service will be found in: WO 387
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- BE file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Cabinet Office, Ceremonial Branch, 1982-2001
- Civil Service Department, Ceremonial Branch, 1968-1981
- Management and Personnel Office, Ceremonial Branch, 1981-1982
- Treasury, Ceremonial Branch, 1937-1968
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 76 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2002 Cabinet Office
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Transferred to the Civil Service Department in 1968, the Manpower and Personnel Office in 1981 and the Cabinet Office in 1982.
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- File series ran from 1920 to 1970
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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King George V created and constituted this order of knighthood by letters patent in the year 1917, the statutes have subsequently been revised at various times.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15490/
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Treasury and Successors: Ceremonial Branch: Order of the British Empire (BE series): records